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[–]CaptainMooseEx-Bathhouse Employee 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I’m trying to sort some similar things out. The dating apps are so fucked. Can’t they just ask people if they’re okay dating an FTM in the settings? it could be so simple!!

It was implied that you weren't supposed to be on Grindr since it was an app for same-sex attracted men before a Chinese company had it's way.

What’s the cutoff for the definition of chasers? Some gay cis men seem to be like “oh hey that’s really cool, I’m into that!” Especially stone tops.

The conflation and appropriation of terms used by different sects of same-sex attracted people (stone for lesbians, tops for gay men) fucking sends me.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

before a Chinese company had it's way.

What’s the story/timeline there?

[–]CaptainMooseEx-Bathhouse Employee 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In January 2016, Kunlun Tech Co Ltd bought 60% of the company and they fully bought it out by January 2018. Before that, more options were being added to maximize user experience such as more filters you could use to find what you want (that were mostly free). After the acquisition, that's when things started to go downhill and they began to cave (the Kinder campaign, openly allowing women, features that allowed you to see who looked at your profile and other micromanaging/stalker shit, etc.). It was then sold back to the US in March of 2020 around the time that the stock market crashed due to lockdowns.